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Arsenic exposure linked to respiratory tract infection, diarrhoea: icddr’b study

The people exposed to arsenic in Bangladesh may be at higher risk of childhood respiratory tract infection and diarrhoea, says a new study of icddr,b, reports UNB.The recent systematic review study found links between arsenic exposure and respiratory tract infections or diarrhoea."The harmful effects of arsenic are well-known yet many...

DU holds ‘Gha’ unit intake test

The written test for admission into first year honours under 'Gha unit' of Dhaka University (DU) for the academic session of 2017-2018 was held on Friday, reports UNB.Meanwhile, 12 aspirants were detained from different centres for adopting unfair means during the examination, said DU acting proctor M Amzad Ali.DU Vice-Chancellor...

President leaves for London today

President Md Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for London this (Saturday) morning for medical checkup, report agencies."A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:30 am on Saturday," President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin said.Abdul Hamid will undergo medical checkup...

‘700,000 people get vaccinated against cholera in Cox’s Bazar’

COX'S BAZAR, Oct 20 (UNB): More than 700, 000 people over the age of one year have been administered oral cholera vaccine in the first phase of a campaign here to protect the newly arrived Rohingya population and their host communities against the deadly diarrhoeal disease."The coverage is commendable as...

Stranger rapes six-yr-old girl

A six-year-old girl was raped in Savar, reports bdnews24.com.She has not been able to identify the attacker, said Savar Model Thana OC Mohsinul Qadir on Friday.The child had gone out to buy cookies from a shop next to her home in Harindhara village of Savar's Tetuljhara Union on Thursday afternoon,...

DIU holds int’l seminar on understanding Islam

Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail, Crown Prince of Perlis Malaysia, Dato' Arif Perkasa Prof Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, Mufti of Perlis Malaysia, Md Sabur Khan, chairman of Board of Trustees of Daffodil International University (DIU), Prof Dr Yusuf Mahbubul Islam, vice-chancellor of DIU, Prof Dr SM Mahabub-Ul-Haque Majumder, pro-vice...

Bus-car collision kills three in Dinajpur

DINAJPUR, Oct 20 (UNB): Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a private car and a bus in the Egaro Mile area of Kaharole upazila on Friday afternoon.The deceased could not be identified yet. Rafiquzzaman, additional assistant director of Dinajpur Fire Service, said the accident took place when...

‘Gunfight’ kills drug peddler in Ctg’

CHITTAGONG, Oct 20 (UNB): A suspected drug peddler was killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Barisal Colony on Ice Factory road in the port city today.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Faruk (42), a 'top drug peddler' of the port city.Mimtanur Rahman, senior Assistant...

Cops find youth’s body in Ctg

CHITTAGONG, Oct 20: Police recovered body of a young man, who was found dead in Sona Pahar area under Mirsarai Upazila today. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Faruq (34), son of Sujahul Haque of Mehedi Nagar village under Baroiyarhat municipality and employee of a cloth store.

News in Brief- (21-10-2017)

Gas cylinder blast leaves four injured in N'ganjFour people suffered burn injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a dockyard in the central Kheyaghat area of Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Friday. The gas cylinder of 'Khandaker Dockyard' went off suddenly around 8:30 am while a group of workers were...

WEATHER- 21-10-2017

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over the country with moderately heavy to very heavy fall at different places over the country until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), reports UNB.The country's highest temperature of 31.5 degrees Celsius was recorded...

With a view to increasing worldwide hand washing habit and awareness

With a view to increasing worldwide hand washing habit and awareness, Savlon, the renowned brand of ACI Ltd, launched a hand washing programme on the occasion of World Hand Washing Day-2017. Local Government and Engineering Department Secretary Abdul Malek inaugurated the programme in the presence of 600 students from different...